§ 40.007 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
   (A)   The Port Authority of the city is hereby empowered to employ and fix the qualifications, duties, and compensation of employees as it may require to conduct the business of the Authority. Any employee may be hired under such terms as the Boards of Directors may prescribe and may be suspended or dismissed at any time by the Port Authority.
   (B)   In addition, the Port Authority shall employ, retain, and engage professional and consulting services as it may require to conduct its business, including, without limitation, competent attorneys admitted to practice in the state to serve as the Authority’s legal counsel. Services of professional consultants may be terminated at any time by the Port Authority, or the Authority may, as necessary, contract with professionals for the provision of services on any terms which the Board of Directors of the Authority considers reasonable.
   (C)   Employment by the Port Authority shall be non-discriminatory, and shall be without regard to the race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, or physical handicap of any individual.
(Prior Code, § 44.07) (Ord. 0-99-0027, passed 12-20-1999)